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Construction work at the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, Dec. 9, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

250 million shekels for improvements to Jewish Quarter

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Israel's Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition signed an agreement with the Society for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City to invest a quarter of a billion...
A close-up of one of the casements in the city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa. Photo by Yossi Garfinkel.

Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than thought, new study finds

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According to a study by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than was previously believed by archaeologists, confirming biblical accounts. The article, by Institute of Archaeology professor Yosef...

Giant Mexican mural at Ben-Gurion Airport tells the story of the Jewish people

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A huge mural, 50 meters long and five meters high and titled "Am Yisrael Chai," celebrating 4,000 years of Jewish history, was unveiled at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday. The mural tells the story of the...
Amri Wandel (left), of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and vice president of the World Esperanto Association, and Dr. Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof, great granddaughter of L.L. Zamenhof, founder of Esperanto. Credit: Courtesy

Speakers of Esperanto, which has Jewish origins, to convene in Italy

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Between July 29 and Aug. 5, some 2,000 scholars and enthusiasts of Esperanto—the 136-year-old artificial language with Jewish roots—are expected to descend on Turin in northern Italy. The World Esperanto Association (UEA), which has held...
Wassily Kandinsky, “Colorful Life,” 1907. Credit: WikiArt/Public Domain.

Kandinsky’s ‘Colorful Life’ painting to return to Jewish heirs

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Wassily Kandinsky’s 1907 semi-abstract painting “Colorful Life,” which depicts a large outdoor celebration, should return to heirs of the Dutch Jewish collector who owned the work prior to the Holocaust, a German government panel...
Hebrew letters. Credit: Leonardo Severini/Shutterstock.

Hebrew’s journey: ‘King David and I could probably understand each other’

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A recent article in National Geographic lays out the history of the Hebrew language, its ancient origins, modern revival and continued evolution. Mirit Bessire, Hebrew-language program director at Johns Hopkins University, said that “King David and I could probably understand...

The Good Samaritan Inn

So many times, on our way back to Jerusalem after spending a few days at the Dead Sea or in Eilat, we passed the sign directing travelers to the Good Samaritan Inn and Mosaic...
Hundreds gather at a March 8, 2018 ceremony at Warszawa Gdanska Railway Station to commemorate the antisemitic campaign and purge in Poland in 1968. Photo by Darek Warczakoski/Shutterstock. | Darek Warczakoski/Shutterstock

Project launched in London on 1968 Polish expulsion of Jews

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“Forgotten Exodus,” a multimedia initiative to collect and share testimonies of Jewish Poles forced to flee the country in 1968, launched last month in London. This history is generally overlooked, according to Daniel Schatz, a visiting researcher...
Lydia Marner with the 3,000-year-old Egyptian figurine she found on the beach. Photo by Idan Horen/Israel Antiquities Authority via TPS.

Woman on Israeli beach finds 3,000-year-old figurine

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A woman strolling on Israel’s Palmachim Beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess, which she turned over to archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority. Lydia Marner, 74, a resident...
Claude Lanzmanns audio archive, Jewish Museum Berlin. Photo by Roman März.

Holocaust audio archive at Jewish Museum Berlin now UNESCO ‘World Heritage’

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As of this month, the Jewish Museum Berlin is home to a collection of objects that is listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register. The original 16mm and restored...